- Jason Moran
Infobox Criminal
subject_name = Jason Matthew Patrick Moran
image_size =
image_caption =
date_of_birth =September 20 ,1967
place_of_birth =
date_of_death = death date and age|2003|6|21|1967|9|20|df=y
place_of_death =Essendon ,Victoria
alias =
charge =
conviction =
penalty =
status =
occupation =
spouse = Trish Kane
parents =Lewis Moran ,Judy Moran
children = 2Jason Matthew Patrick Moran
September 20 ,1967 -June 21 ,2003 ) was an Australian criminal fromMelbourne, Victoria ,Australia , and a member of the infamousMoran family , notable for its involvement in theMelbourne gangland killings . He sported a 12cm scar on the side of his face. Thuggish, unrepentant and psychopathic he was a dreaded force in the underworld, on friendly terms with, and connected with, crime figures across the country.Early life
Moran was the son of
Lewis Moran andJudy Moran [Silvester and Rule, 2004 " Leadbelly"ISBN - 09752318 0-4] . Mark Moran was his half-brother [Silvester and Rule, 2004 " Leadbelly"ISBN - 09752318 0-4] . Moran attendedPenleigh and Essendon Grammar School . He met his future wife, Trisha Kane at the age of 15. Kane is the daughter ofLes Kane , a notable Melbourne 'Painter and Docker' and career criminal. His early working life consisted of time spent at the Melbourne wharfs. Moran was among mourners at the funeral ofVictor Peirce [Silvester and Rule, 2004 " Leadbelly"ISBN - 09752318 0-4 pp.130] .Moran was reported to have shot
Carl Williams in the stomach during an argument in Gladstone Park onOctober 13 ,1999 , giving rise to lengthy violent turf wars known as theMelbourne gangland killings [Silvester and Rule, 2004 " Leadbelly"ISBN - 09752318 0-4 pp.131] .Alphonse Gangitano and Moran, along with associate Mark John McNamara, were charged over an attack in a nightclub onDecember 19 ,1995 , at the Sports Bar nightclub inKing Street, Melbourne [Silvester and Rule, 2004 " Leadbelly"ISBN - 09752318 0-4 pp.129] for which Moran received a term of imprisonment.Moran was considered by many to be a "dead man walking" and when
parole d from prison in September 2001 was allowed to leave Australia due to fears for his life [Silvester and Rule, 2004 " Leadbelly"ISBN - 09752318 0-4 pp.129] . He later returned to give evidence in theinquest into the death of Alphonse Gangitano on November 20 which began onJanuary 14 ,2002 . Moran was suspected of the killing of Alphonse Gangitano and withGraham Kinniburgh [Silvester and Rule, 2004 " Leadbelly"ISBN - 09752318 0-4 pp.40] . Gangitano was found dead in the laundry of his Templestowe house by his wife in 1998 [Silvester and Rule, 2004 " Leadbelly"ISBN - 09752318 0-4 pp.32] .Murder
Pasquale Barbaro and Moran were executed by a lone gunman at 10.40am on June 21, 2003. They had been watching a Saturday morning
Auskick Australian rules football clinic his young children were attending, and upon returning to their motor vehicle were attacked. [cite web|url= http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/22/1056220478733.html| title=Football routine killed a gangster|accessdate=2008-04-07] Police feared the murder of Moran would lead to further violence in the Melbourne underworld war [cite web|url= http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2003/s885804.htm| title=Moran shooting believed to be part of underworld war|accessdate=2008-04-07] . Father Joe Giaccobe, a friend of the Moran family performed Moran's funeral.:Parish priest Father Joe Martins said of Moran during the service,
:"Any funeral presents a challenge. Obviously, the church does not make judgments about the person. They need the prayers and whatever the church can do for them," he said. "They have to answer to God. We will not deny them".
Moran's father,
Lewis Moran was unable to attend the service due to imprisonment atPort Phillip Correctional Centre . Authorities refused Moran's request to allow him to be released from prison to attend the service. Lewis Moran was later murdered while drinking in a Brunswick bar [Silvester and Rule, 2004 " Leadbelly" ISBN - 09752318 0-4 pp.173] .References
External links
* [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/07/1057430135661.html Lest we forget: Jason Moran was a drug-dealing killer]
* [http://www.melbournecrime.bizhosting.com/jason.moran.htm The Murder of Jason Moran] Jason Moran - Melbourne Underworld "(An online reference guide from the Crime Writers Association of Australia)"
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.